Books I’m Looking Forward to in 2015
I’ve been wanting to do a post like this for a while, mostly so I remember to keep an eye out for these books. But I also think that this is a good way to find out about books you might not have known about, specially if you have common interests with the person writing […]
Behind the Cover – Patrick Insole
(The Ocean at the End of the Lane, by Neil Gaiman)
This week we’re joined by Patrick Insole, designer and art director for Headline Publishing Group. He was responsible for making the UK cover of The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman, published by Headline. Twitter | Headline Blog How did you become a designer? Was it an area you always wanted […]
Behind the Cover – Jon Smith
(The End Games, by T. Michael Martin)
Today’s artist, Jon Smith, is the illustrator of The End Games by T. Michael Martin, published by HarperCollins. Thank you for your time, Jon! Twitter | Facebook How did you become a designer and illustrator? Were they areas you always wanted to explore, or did it simply happen? As a kid I was really serious […]
Behind the Cover – Alexandre Chaudret
(The Iron Trials, by Holly Black, and Cassandra Clare)
Our next artist, Alexandre Chaudret, is the illustrator behind the cover of The Iron Trials, written by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare, published by Scholastic. Thank you Alexandre for answering these questions! Twitter | DeviantArt | Behance Based in France, Alexandre graduated from Supinfocom, Valenciennes, in 2011 as a GC Artist. Since then he worked as […]
End of Year Book Survey 2014
I found this fun survey by Perpetual Page-Turner that I thought would be interesting to do! Feel free to do it too and link it to me, or comment with your own favourite books! 2014 Reading Stats Number of books you’ve read: 40 Genre you read the most from: Science Fiction (category would be YA) Best […]
Behind the Cover – Nathalia Suellen
(Splintered by A. G. Howard, and One by Leigh Ann Kopans)
Today’s artist is Nathalia Suellen, creator of the covers for the Splintered series by A. G. Howard, by Amulet Books, as well as the One Universe series by Leigh Ann Kopans, self published. Twitter | Facebook | DeviantArt | Instagram Nathália Suellen is an independent artist and commercial illustrator based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. […]
Behind the Cover – Tom Bagshaw
(Pantomime and Shadowplay by Laura Lam)
Our first artist is Tom Bagshaw, the creator of the Pantomime and Shadowplay covers, written by Laura Lam and published by Strange Chemistry (Angry Robot). Thank you, Tom, for joining us! Twitter | Facebook | Tumblr | Instagram Based in the Georgian city of Bath, England, Tom Bagshaw works as a commercial illustrator under the moniker Mostlywanted. For […]
Behind the Cover – New Blog Series
As some of you might know, besides being a writer I’m also a designer and aspiring illustrator. In a way to unite all those interests, I wanted to start a new blog series about book covers and illustrations, where I’d interview the artists behind some of the covers I love and admire. And so, I’m […]
#PitMad Pitch Critique
#PitMad is quickly approaching (December 4), and since this year I won’t be participating I thought I could help instead – by critiquing your pitches! #PitMad is a pitch party created by Brenda Drake where writers can tweet a 140 character pitch for their completed manuscripts. You should have different variations of your pitch so you can show […]
Word Counts in Large Amounts
My latest worries (which my inner editor keeps taunting me about at the worst times) are about word count. Is this chapter too short? Are things happening too soon? Should I add more random words here? Can I even write a long book, or is that impossible for me? So I started to do a […]